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WALTER LEE HUFFMAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 2, 1949 – May 16, 1970
Service recordWalter Lee Huffman, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 51
- DAVID WILLIAM HENSELSergeant · May 16, 1970
- DOUGLAS ERNEST HOBBSPetty Officer Second Class · May 16, 1970
- DAVID LAWRENCE JONESStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1970
- SIDNEY KEITH KOGERLance Corporal · May 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND FRANK CONTINOPrivate · Panel 10W, Line 49
- JERRY LEE COZADSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 49
- JAMES EDWARD CUMMINGSSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 49
- WILLIAM HENRY FILLIONSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 50
- CHARLES HENRY HAMILTONSergeant First Class · Panel 10W, Line 50
- MICHAEL DALE DAWSONSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 52
- MATEO RUELASSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 54
- EMILIO CABRERA SUPNET JRSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 54
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.